Bottle.



A. B. GARDNBR.`

BOTTLE.

l APPLICATION FILED APR. zo, 1912.

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Application led April 20, 1912. Serial No. 692,087.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BLAIR GARDNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re` siding at Memphis, in the county of Shelby1 and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in bottles and similarreceptacles, and has for its primary object to provide. a bottle ofimproved construction whereby the cork or stopper may be easily andquickly removed from the neck thereof.

IV ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel features of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims, andshown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a bottle constructed in accordance withthe present invention; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thebottle neck illustrating the manner in which the cork is removed.

Referring in detail to the drawing 5' designates the bottle constructedof glass or other material having the usual reduced neck 6 to receive astopper 7 of cork or similar material. The bottle neck 6 is providedadjacent to the annular bead 6 on the upper end thereof with a shortlongitudinal slot 8, the end walls of which are beveled or inclineddownwardly and out-- wardly in parallel relation as at 9. A tool orinstrument of any character indicated at 10 having a sharp point isadapted to be passed through the opening 8 in the bottle neck and forcedinto the cork 7. When this cork removing instrument is inserted throughthe opening 8 it is disposed at an angle as shown in Fig. 2 and inwardand downward pressure is exerted upon the outer end thereof. After thesharpened or pointed end has been properly embedded in the material ofthe stopper, the outer end thereof is moved downwardly, at the same timethat an upward force is applied to the shank or inner end portion of theinstrument adjacent to the bottle neck 6. By disposing the end walls ofthe slot 8 at an inclination this movement of the cork removing tool orinstrument is comparatively extensive, and liability of breaking orchipping the glass from the end walls of the slot or opening S isprevented. If however any particles of glass are broken from the wall ofthe neck, they will be directed outwardly by the lower inclined wall 9instead of inwardly into the bottle. After the cork has been forcedupwardly in the neck of the bottle by means of the instrument 10, it maybe readily removed entirely therefrom with the fingers.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a bottle of verysimple construction whereby the cork or stopper may be easily andquickly removed. When the cork is dispo-sed in the bottle neck, the sameextends below the opening 8 thereof so that the liquid contained in thebottle cannot escape. Vhen the liquid is poured from the bottle, thebottle is held in such position that the opening 8 is uppermost.

Owing to the extremely simple constructio-n of my invention, it will beobvious that there will be practically no increased cost in itsmanufacture over such receptacles as are now in common use.

vWhat I claim is l. A bottle having a longitudinal slot in its neckportion, the end walls of said slot vbeing outwardly and downwardlyinclined from the inner to the outer surfaces of the -neck wall at anangle of substantially fortyiive degrees to permit of the angulardisposition of a cork extracting instrument through slot, the upper edgeof the lower inclined wall of the slot serving as a fulcrum upon whichthe extracting instrument is adapted to be oscillated.

2. A bottle having a longitudinal slot in its neck po-rtion to receive acork removing instrument, the opposite end walls of said slot beingdownwardly and outwardly inclined in parallel relation, said corkremoving instrument being capable of longitudinal movement in the slotand adapted for engagement with the upper inclined wall thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ALEXANDER BLAIR GARDNER.

Witnesses:

M. GARDNER, ELIZABETH M. GARDNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

